Man shot, critically hurt in parking-lot fight

A 36-year-old man is fighting for his life following a shooting early Friday morning.

Phoenix police say they believe two men began arguing about 2 a.m. in an apartment-complex parking lot near Central and Southern avenues.

Officers found the 36-year-old lying in the parking lot at 40 E. Sunland Ave., and Phoenix Fire officials took him to a hospital, where he remains with life-threatening injuries.

Phoenix police say they believe the argument escalated to a fight before one of the men, a 27-year-old, pulled out a gun and shot the other. The shooter fled afterwards and remains on the loose, Phoenix police said.

Investigators think the men knew each other, but the motive for the altercation is unknown, police said.

Phoenix police are asking anyone with information to contact the department's Violent Crimes Bureau at 602-262-6141 or the silent-witness line at 480-WITNESS (948-6377).